Bloody Cactus

Fate

Kiyami: Mmmhmm enjoy. Revised!

Disclaimer: I do not own Tennis no Oujisama.

Fuji started to cry again and hated himself for doing so. He didn't like crying, but now here he was doing exactly that. He told himself he would protect Tezuka this time, but he had failed yet again. He was weak and he hadn't been able to stop just one stupid man.

Tezuka's eyes opened to look at Fuji. He was still alive, but was slowly dying a painful end.

"F-fuji…"

"I'm sorry, Ten-chan, I'm sor-"

"Don't…even start with…that. Haven't I-I told you… not to…call me that?" Tezuka grunted and tried to sit up.

"Don't move."

"Can't believe…that guy hit…me." Tezuka squinted his eyes at Fuji. His glasses had been knocked off when he had fallen.

Fuji smiled sadly. He wiped away the tears with the back of his hand. The two went into a silence.

"Fuji."

"Yes?"

"I g-guess you can…call me…Ten-chan…And I believe that…you're a…vampire." Tezuka had difficulty talking with the fatal wound and the katana still was imbedded in his body. Fuji didn't want to cause more pain by taking it out.

"Really? You believe me now?" Fuji's face lit up.

"Yeah…"

"You're dying." Fuji stared at the rusty end of the blade, thinking.

"Hn…Fuji I-" Tezuka stopped to gasp at the excruciating pain.

Fuji took Tezuka's hand and squeezed it tightly. Tezuka was always so warm, but now he was beginning to turn cold. Fuji hated being cold and feeling the warmth drain away from Tezuka saddened him.

"…I love you…"

"Me too…TEZUKA!" Tezuka's hand slipped limply out of Fuji's. Tezuka closed his eyes slowly and…he died. Life left him and his body was growing cold steadily.

"I don't think I can wait long enough for you. Vampires never die and I think that's what I should be afraid of. Hold on, Ten-chan…I'm coming." With that Fuji closed his eyes and pulled Tezuka's body towards him like a hug.

The rusty blade slid into his body and pierced the vital heart. Fuji's eyes shot open from the pain with a gasp escaping his lips. After the initial shock his eyes closed again and his expression softened. Fuji collapsed onto Tezuka with a truly happy smile on his face.

Fuji took in several last breaths, shuddered, and died.

Inui's dark green car stopped right behind Tezuka's black one. Four people stepped out of it, Momo, Ryoma, Inui, and Kaidoh.

It was morning and everyone had grown worried on what had happened to Tezuka and Fuji. They ran past the metal gates and stopped at the sight before them.

Fuji and Tezuka looked as if they were asleep, but they possibly couldn't be. The katana entering Tezuka's body and leaving Fuji's was the thing that made them look dead.

Momo and Ryoma rushed forward to check on them. Kaidoh started to go towards them too, but stopped at the touch on his shoulder. Kaidoh looked back at Inui who shook his head.

"Come, Kaidoh. We have to do one last thing before we leave."

"Hai." Kaidoh followed Inui pass the dead bodies and into the large mansion.

Kaidoh stared in confusion while watching Inui rummage through the cabinets. Finally he stopped searching around and pulled out several large wine bottles.

"Kaidoh, take these." Inui handed his assistant five bottles of the old wine and took four for him.

Carefully he broke off the tip of the bottle and began to douse the kitchen with the alcohol. "Kaidoh do the second the level." Inui instructed.

"Hai." Kaidoh did as he was told and soon the entire mansion smelt of wine.

Inui carried the remaining bottles outside with Kaidoh trailing behind. He did the same with the garden. Darkly colored wine watered the already dead plants. He used up an entire bottle to cover the bodies of Tezuka and Fuji.

Silently everyone walked out of the garden in front of the house. Inui lit a match.

"Good bye." He said with the others echoing him in soft unison.

Inui threw the match into the garden. The combination of the alcohol and the dried plants were enough to rapidly grow the flame. Soon the entire place was on fire. Dark smoke rose above the towering hedges.

Inside Fuji still smiled.

Kiyami: The end! Well that's supposed to be the sad ending. The chapter has the happy one. Well it's happy in my opinion. (And I'm saying this before I even write it…-cough-)